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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Upon
May
Thrust
Weather
Climate
Achieve

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