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I've seen lifelong friends drift apart over golf just because one could play better, but the other counted better.
Stephen Leacock
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Stephen Leacock
Age: 74 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 30
Died: 1944
Died: March 28
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Stephen Butler Leacock
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