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Stephen Leacock Quotes
Presently I shall be introduced as ‘this venerable old gentleman’ and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of ‘grand old man’. That means on our continent any one with snow-white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.
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| Birth: | 30th December, 1869 |
| Death: | 28th March, 1944 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer |
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