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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.
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