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Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile like people listening. And their smiles are just politeness.

Joyce Cary

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Joyce Cary
Age: 68 †
Born: 1888
Born: December 7
Died: 1957
Died: March 29
Novelist
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Derry
Northern Ireland
Joyce Lunel Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
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