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An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things the vagabond soul is happy.
Logan Pearsall Smith
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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
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Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
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It is a matter of life and death for married people to interrupt each others stories for it they did not, they would burst.
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Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.
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