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Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.
E. V. Lucas
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E. V. Lucas
Age: 70 †
Born: 1868
Born: June 12
Died: 1938
Died: June 26
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
London
England
Edward Verrall Lucas
Edward Lucas
Suspicion
Laughter
Joy
Blood
Happiness
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