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We make our customs lightly once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel we become the creatures of our creation.

Charles W. Chesnutt

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Charles W. Chesnutt
Age: 74 †
Born: 1858
Born: June 20
Died: 1932
Died: November 17
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Lawyer
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Creatures
Habit
Grip
Band
Lightly
Creation
Steel
Become
Bands
Made
Customs
Make
Sins
Like
Sin

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