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Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
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Dresden
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Robert Ingersoll
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