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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.

O. Henry

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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
Habit
Wherein
Choices
Doctrines
Nature
Addicted
Discovering
Feed
Doctrine
Places
Choice

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