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I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them.

Sherwood Anderson

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Sherwood Anderson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1876
Born: September 13
Died: 1941
Died: March 8
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Horse
Bears
Cattle
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Horses
Looking
Envy
Young
Grass
Work
Simplicity
Make
Love
Bear

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