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He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Adversity
Value
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Pleasure
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