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A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Anton Chekhov

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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
Author
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Journalist
Novelist
Physician
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Tahanroh
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Antón Pávlovič Čéhov
Antón Pávlovich Chékhov
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Beautiful
Forests
Earth
Trees
Without
Essential
Right
Essentials
Life
Sun
Like
Tree
Stars
Water
Inconceivable

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