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A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.
Willis R. Whitney
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Willis R. Whitney
Age: 89 †
Born: 1868
Born: August 22
Died: 1958
Died: January 9
Chemist
Jamestown
New York
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