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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.

Alfred Jarry

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Alfred Jarry
Age: 34 †
Born: 1873
Born: October 8
Died: 1907
Died: November 1
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