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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
Twice
Endure
Destiny
Events
Evil
Foretells
Pain
Calamity
Makes
Pains
Come
Doth

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