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This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while laughs in the teeth of Death.

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
Writer
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Smile
Laughs
Laughing
Sits
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Optimism
Joy
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Death
Breaths
Teeth
Gnawed
Hunger
Shivering
Fortune
Doubtful

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