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It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Reporter
Screenwriter
Writer
Kentland
Indiana
Cold
Joy
Morning
Happiness
Heartless
Time
Mirth
Gray
Dawn
Laughter

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