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What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?

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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
Truth
Doe
Matter
Pounces
Long
Honor
Lying
Upon
Lives
Comes

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