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It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fascinating
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