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A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Funny
Portable
Human
Humans
Plumbing
Ingenious
Assembly
Silly
Mankind
Crazy

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