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One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart.

Stephen Vincent Benet

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Stephen Vincent Benet
Age: 44 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 22
Died: 1943
Died: March 13
Journalist
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Bethlehem
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Stephen Vincent Benet
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