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A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

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
Sense
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Men
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Occasions
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