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O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

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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
Give
Giving
Magi
Wisest
Gifts
Receive
Everywhere

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