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Traces of nobility, gentleness, and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly.

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Walt Kelly
Age: 60 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 25
Died: 1973
Died: October 18
Animator
Character Animator
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
Journalist
Reporter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Crawford Kelly
Jr.
People
Gentleness
Nobility
Stamps
Persist
Trends
Characteristics
Traces
Ugly
Stamp
Courage
Trend

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