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I have always found it difficult to study. I have learnt almost entirely what I have learnt by trying it out on the dog.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Age: 85 †
Born: 1872
Born: October 12
Died: 1958
Died: August 26
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Down Ampney
Gloucestershire
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