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Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

Hilaire Belloc

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Hilaire Belloc
Age: 82 †
Born: 1870
Born: July 27
Died: 1953
Died: July 16
Historian
Journalist
Poet
Politician
Writer
La Celle-les-Bruyères
Hilaire Pierre Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc
Sun
Loss
Dying
Shines
Fall
Falls
Death
Simplicity
Life
Possession
Shining
Shadow

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