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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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père
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Social
Passions
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Place
Degree
Conflicting
Around
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Littles
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Highest
Ladders
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Passion
Composed
Life
Interest
Lowest
World
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Atoms

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