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Three Songs 1 Mountain. I whip my quick horse and don't dismount and look back in wonder. The sky is three feet away. 2 Mountain. The sea collapses and the river boils. Innumerable horses race insanely into the peak of battle. 3 Mountain. Peaks pierce the green sky, unblunted. The sky would fall but for the columns of mountains.

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Mao Zedong
Age: 82 †
Born: 1893
Born: December 26
Died: 1976
Died: September 9
Calligrapher
Former Chairman Of The Communist Party Of China
Librarian
Philosopher
Poet
Political Theorist
Politician
Revolutionary
Strategist
Mao Tse-tung
Chairman Mao
Mao Ze Dong
Maozedong
Tse Toung Mao
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Whips
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Rivers
Pierce
Looks
Wonder
Sky
Peak
Insanely
Would
Race
Horse
Columns
Collapses
Song
Sea
Horses
Boils
Fall
Mountain
Collapse
Peaks
Away
Green
Mountains
Innumerable
Three
Battle
Quick
Whip

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