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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

E. W. Howe

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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
Always
People
Neglecting
Neglect
Trying
Something

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