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The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

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Havelock Ellis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1859
Born: February 2
Died: 1939
Died: July 8
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Henry Havelock Ellis
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