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Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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Warwick
Warwickshire
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Moving
Butting
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Cattle
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Authors
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Fairs
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Never
Field
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