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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

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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
Men
Difficulties
Life
Imaginary
Storm
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Worry
Foothills
Dies
Alps
Lives
Cursing

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