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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

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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
Writing
Artists
Way
Literature
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Pave
Write
Authors
Art
Magazine
Stories
Magazines
Young
Pictures
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