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Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.

John Masefield

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John Masefield
Age: 88 †
Born: 1878
Born: June 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 12
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
County of Herefordshire
John Edward Masefield
Commonplace
Dislike
Suffer
Dare
Tragedy
Suffering
Cannot
Exult
People
Corny

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