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The cyclone ends. The sun returns the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again man does likewise. The great anguish is over joy has returned the sea smiles like a child.

Paul Gauguin

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Paul Gauguin
Age: 55 †
Born: 1848
Born: January 1
Died: 1903
Died: January 1
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Paris
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Men
Return
Smiles
Plumes
Like
Tree
Returns
Cyclones
Joy
Anguish
Coconut
Child
Lift
Coconuts
Ends
Lifts
Likewise
Doe
Trees
Renewal
Children
Sea
Returned
Great
Sun
Lofty
Cyclone

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