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So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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Reflux
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Flux
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Change
Everything

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