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Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
Alexandre Dumas
père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
Around
Interests
Stormy
Littles
Degrees
Ladder
Little
Highest
Ladders
Every
Passion
Composed
Life
Interest
Lowest
World
Individual
Atoms
Social
Passions
Swirls
Place
Degree
Conflicting

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