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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

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Zane Grey
Age: 67 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 31
Died: 1939
Died: October 23
Author
Baseball Player
Dentist
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Zanesville
Ohio
Must
Toil
Even
Torture
Time
Treasure
Deeper
Mines
Mine
Stronger
Nothing
Stint

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