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Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes: Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.
         

Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.


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This page presents the quote "Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.". Author of this quote is Alfred Lord Tennyson. This quote is about death, men, past, world,.