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A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

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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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Loafers
Furniture
Carry
Motivation
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Anybody
Works
Fire
Loafer

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