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Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.

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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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James Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes
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