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Tragedies are about the depths that call up to certain men and insist that they descend.

Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
Linguist
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Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
Certain
Men
Descend
Tragedies
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