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What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Never
Life
Humbug
Pretend
Dawn
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Beauty
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