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A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
Robert E. Howard
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Robert E. Howard
Age: 30 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 22
Died: 1936
Died: June 11
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How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound?
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