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Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Age: 93 †
Born: 1841
Born: March 8
Died: 1935
Died: March 6
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Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.
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