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I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.


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This page presents the quote "I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.". Author of this quote is Black Elk. This quote is about people, saws, happy, lying,.