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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Christopher Morley

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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
Real
Meets
Love
Beer
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Falling
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