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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.

John Galsworthy

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John Galsworthy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1867
Born: August 14
Died: 1933
Died: January 31
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Kingston
John Sinjohn
Bridges
Eminently
Novel
Voyage
Building
Undertakings
House
Endings
Human
Voyages
Humans
Beginnings
Writing
Bridge
Untidy
Finish
Demolition

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