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A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
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San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
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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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He thought that I was after him for a feather--- The white one in his tail: like one who takes everything said as personal to himself.
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But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work together or apart.
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