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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
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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