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The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school and state.

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
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Kings
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Liberty
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State
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School
Strict
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King
States
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