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That is what I like that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Pursuit
Ought
Leave
Whatever
Sense
Eagerness
Young
Pursuits
Men
Fatigue
Like
Moderation

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