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The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
People
Individualism
Cream
Individuality
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Society
Best
Homogenized
Things
Separateness

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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
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