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Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Havering
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Seeking
Comradeship
Higher
Earned
Pain
Conquest
Self
Immortality
Something
Truths
Life
Immortal

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