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If a man, cautious, hides his limp, Somebody has to limp it! Things do it the surroundings limp. House walls get scars, the car breaks down matter, in drudgery, takes it up.
Robert Bly
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Robert Bly
Age: 97
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
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Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
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