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. . . and God knows we are sensitive to the suffering that has sometimes broken loose to come billowing forth from your appendages like the pungent vapors of whales - often it appears that in this life of experience and accommodation we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. But Sissy . . . hold on!

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Jack London
Age: 40 †
Born: 1876
Born: January 12
Died: 1916
Died: November 22
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Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
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Vapors
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Appears
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Billowing
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Defeat
Defeats
Appendages
Sometimes
Pay
Triumphs
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