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Music sweeps by me as a messenger - Carrying a message that is not for me
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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Mary Anne Evans
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But what is opportunity to the man who can't use it?
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Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.
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