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The vision of milk and honey, it comes and goes. But the odor of cooking goes on forever.

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E. B. White
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 11
Died: 1985
Died: October 1
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Elwyn Brooks White
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Milk
Cooking
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Forever
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Odor
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