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The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.

John James Audubon

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John James Audubon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1785
Born: April 26
Died: 1851
Died: January 27
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