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Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

Wallace Stegner

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Wallace Stegner
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 18
Died: 1993
Died: April 13
Biographer
Environmentalist
Historian
Naturalist
Novelist
Writer
Lake Mills
Iowa
Wisdom
Knowing
Understanding
Accept
Accepting

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