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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Literature
Talk
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Many
Would
People
Uncontrollable
Truthful

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