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The world is full of poetry as the earth is of pay-dirt one only needs to know how to strike it.
Charles Dudley Warner
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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
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The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.
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