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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
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Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
Ali Baba
Fra Elbertus
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Tragedy
Demand
Comedy
Three
Two
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Melodrama
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