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Love endures when the lovers love many things together And not merely each other.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Endure
Lovers
Merely
Together
Many
Things
Love
Endures

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