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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

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
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Friendship
Trouble
Literature
Littles
Little
Love
World

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