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Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
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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Edinburgh
Scotland
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
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