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Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.

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Brian Jacques
Age: 71 †
Born: 1939
Born: June 15
Died: 2011
Died: February 5
Writer
City of Liverpool
James Brian Jacques
Nature
Young
Sometimes
Inquisitive
Gift
Wisdom
Greater
Age
Comes

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