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The teacher does not have to be, although he has to know: he is the mind imagining, not the executant.

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Wyndham Lewis
Age: 72 †
Born: 1884
Born: November 18
Died: 1957
Died: January 1
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Percy Wyndham Lewis
Percy William Lewis
Percy Lewis
Wyndham Percy Lewis
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