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For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.

Kenneth Grahame

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Kenneth Grahame
Age: 73 †
Born: 1859
Born: March 8
Died: 1932
Died: July 6
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Feels
Life
Circumscribed
Confess
Somewhat
Narrow
Today

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