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Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection.

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Huston Smith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 31
Died: 2016
Died: December 30
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Huston Cummings Smith
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In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives.
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