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Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire.

John Mason Brown

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John Mason Brown
Age: 68 †
Born: 1900
Born: July 3
Died: 1969
Died: March 16
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Louisville
Kentucky
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