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I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
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Corporal
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Sheer
Soldier
Rose
Military

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