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General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Faster

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Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
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Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.
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Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
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