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There is no way to write unless you read, and read a lot.

Walter J. Ong

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Walter J. Ong
Age: 102 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 30
Died: 2015
Died: August 12
Anthropologist
Catholic Priest
Historian
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
University Teacher
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Walter Jackson Ong
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