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There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.

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
Another
Grief
Give
Sorrow
May
Remains
Giving
Youth
Much
Difference
Lightened
Differences
Shares
Share
Grieving
Age
Burden

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