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We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Another
Power
Must
Would
Assures
Diverse
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