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Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
Autobiographer
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London
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Something
Till
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Divine
Become
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Human
Hurry
Humans
Sink
Must
Lower

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