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If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.

E. W. Howe

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
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Edgar Watson Howe
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