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Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
Soul
Coarse
Satisfy
Appetite
Apart
Souls
Sacred
Drink
Keep
Appetites

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