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They have long lost count of the days, but always if they want to do anything special they say this is saturday night, and then they do it.
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
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