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Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof.

Augustus William Hare

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Augustus William Hare
Age: 41 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 17
Died: 1834
Died: January 22
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Augustus Hare
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Many
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Men
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