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I ask a wreathwhich will not crush my head. And there is no hurry about it I shall have, doubtless, a boom after my funeral, Seeing that long standing increases all things regardless of quality.

Ezra Pound

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Ezra Pound
Age: 87 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 30
Died: 1972
Died: November 1
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