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A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
Jr.
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
Steinbeck
Bigger
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Wells
Equine
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Men
Spiritually
Physically
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Horse

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