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And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
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Away with funeral music-set The pipe to powerful lips- The cup of life's for him that drinks And not for him that sips.
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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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