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Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces though there is some silly theory of gravitation.

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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
Keeps
Habit
Theory
Pieces
Though
Power
Gravitation
Earth
Flying
Silly

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