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It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Foot
Soldier
Humility
Private
Feet
Socrates
Disgrace

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