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The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt it ought to be treated with respect.

Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1832
Born: January 27
Died: 1898
Died: January 14
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Cheshire
Charles Dodgson
Lewis Caroll
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
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Rev. C. L. Dodgson
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