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Know, he that foretells his own calamity, and makes events before they come, twice over, doth endure the pains of evil destiny.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Endure
Destiny
Events
Evil
Foretells
Pain
Calamity
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Pains
Come
Doth
Twice

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Keep right on to the end of the road, Keep right on to the end. Tho'the way be long let your heart be strong, Keep right on round the bend. Tho' you're tired and weary Still journey on, till you come to your happy abode, Where all you love you've been dreaming of Will be there, at the end of the road.
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