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Mario Pei

American linguist and philologist (1901-1978).

Born February 16th, 1901 in Rome.

Died March 2nd, 1978 at 77 years old in Glen Ridge.

Occupations
Esperantist, educator, linguist, romanist, university teacher
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde