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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.

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
Flame
Candle
Flames
Disappear
City
Cities
Suddenness
Bigs
Completeness
Men
Blown

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