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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Age: 85 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 29
Died: 1894
Died: October 7
Medical Writer
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
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University Teacher
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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