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There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
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Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Literature
House
Beautiful
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People
Houses

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