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The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.

Algernon Blackwood

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Algernon Blackwood
Age: 81 †
Born: 1869
Born: January 1
Died: 1951
Died: January 1
Journalist
Novelist
Reporter
Writer
Algernon Henry Blackwood
World
Match
Preparation
Prepared
Unless
Light
Best
Suitably
Firsts
Wick
First
Candle

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