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Do not forget that even as to work is to worship so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
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Edinburgh
Scotland
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Robert Loui Sitivensin
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
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