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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.

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John Galsworthy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1867
Born: August 14
Died: 1933
Died: January 31
Novelist
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Kingston
John Sinjohn
Meddle
Perils
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Iron
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