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Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.

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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
Earnest
Improvement
Lives
Young
Self
Many
Blighted
Men
Gilbert
Mania

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