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I think one remains the same person throughout, merely passing, as it were, i these lapses of time from one room to another, but all in the same house.

James M. Barrie

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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
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the United States of America
James Matthew Barrie
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