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That was indeed to live -- at one bold swoop to wrest from darkling death the best that death to life can give.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Age: 70 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 2
Died: 1907
Died: March 19
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Indeed
Death
Give
Best
Live
Giving
Wrest
Life
Swoop
Bold

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