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- Author's profession: Explorer
- Nationality: english
- Born: November 11, 1865
- Died: October 10, 1920
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This, above all, ask yourself in the stillest hour of the night: must I write? Delve deep into yourself. And if this should be affirmative, if you may meet this question witha strong and simple 'I must' then build your lfie according to this necessity; your life even into its most indifferent and slightest hour must be a sign of this urge and a testimony to it.
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