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It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

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Czeslaw Milosz
Age: 93 †
Born: 1911
Born: June 30
Died: 2004
Died: August 14
Diplomat
Essayist
Pedagogue
Poet
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Miłosz
Czelaw Milosz
Ends
Never
Think
Thinking
Expedition
Expeditions
Companion
Sweet

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