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The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.

Charles Dudley Warner

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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
Actor
Novelist
Writer
Hampshire County
Massachusetts
Fluctuating
Tenure
Uncertain
Literary
Reputation

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