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The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
Men
Dung
Heap
Roses
Monstrous
Rose
Created
Reason
Thing

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