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The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself.

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
Poet
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Writer
Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
Menace
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Weak
Comes
Strong
Overcomes

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