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anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on sleeping soundly

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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
Chronicler
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Jose Saramago
Early
Soundly
Gets
Intolerable
Sleep
Inclination
Anyone
Sleeping
Others
Necessity
Forced
Finds
Rise

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