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It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Florida
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Samuel Clemens
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