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There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published.

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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
Certain
Inclined
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Hurry
People
Published
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Letters
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Dies

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Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.
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