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The loss of sex polarity is part and parcel of the larger disintegration, the reflex of the soul's death, and coincident with the disappearance of great men, great deeds, great causes, great wars, etc.

Henry Miller

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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
Great
Deeds
Reflex
Men
Sex
Disintegration
Loss
Reflexes
Causes
Parcel
War
Disappearance
Death
Etc
Part
Larger
Coincident
Soul
Wars
Polarity

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