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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight
Ezra Pound
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Ezra Pound
Age: 87 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 30
Died: 1972
Died: November 1
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Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry These the keen-scented These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men!
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