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The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Parody
Museums
Poems
Grand
Available
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Parodies

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