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Behold the life at ease it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course.

George Meredith

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George Meredith
Age: 81 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 12
Died: 1909
Died: May 18
Novelist
Poet
Prosaist
Writer
Portsmouth
England
Course
Life
Sharpened
Drifts
Commands
Behold
Ease
Command
Courses

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