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It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.
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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Hampshire County
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It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.
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