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One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.
George Leigh Mallory
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George Leigh Mallory
Age: 37 †
Born: 1886
Born: June 18
Died: 1924
Died: June 8
Celebrity
Explorer
Mountaineer
Mobberley
Cheshire
George Herbert Leigh Mallory
1st Lieut. George Herbert Leigh Mallory
George H. Leigh-Mallory
George Leigh-Mallory
Beauty
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Harmony
Ultimate
Pure
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