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Men expect too much, do too little.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
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Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
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Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
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My darling boy whom I shall never know, My son, I love you in my deepest fears.
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