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When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.

Vincent Starrett

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Vincent Starrett
Age: 87 †
Born: 1886
Born: September 26
Died: 1974
Died: January 4
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Toronto
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett
Charles Vincent Starrett
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Books
Happiness
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Writing

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