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The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savoring it, should be noted.

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Arnold Bennett
Age: 63 †
Born: 1867
Born: May 27
Died: 1931
Died: March 27
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Film Writer
Journalist
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Novelist
Playwright
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Mother Town
Enoch Arnold Bennett
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