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You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Lives
Speak
Cannot
Wells
Well
Frog
Frogs
Ocean
Understanding

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