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There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.

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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
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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day.
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