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To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets if I could I often think of that. It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far.
Cecil Rhodes
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Cecil Rhodes
Age: 48 †
Born: 1853
Born: July 5
Died: 1902
Died: March 26
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