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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Nonsense
Save
Sense
Human
Humans
Trying
Years
Make

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