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Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
Failed
Nearly
Bed
Infinite
Asks
Night
Vibrated
Today
Tune
Every
Tunes

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