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If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a wedge Driven by invisible blows, The rock will split, we shall come at the wonder, we shall find the Hesperides.

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William E. ("Bill") Vaughan

William E. ("Bill") Vaughan (October 8, 1915 - February 25, 1977) was an American columnist and author.

Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he wrote a syndicated column for the Kansas City Star from 1946 until his death in 1977. He was published in Reader's Digest and Better Homes and Gardens under the pseudonym Burton Hillis. He attended Washington University in St. Louis.

His folksy aphorisms (published in his "Starbeams" feature) are often collected in books and on Internet sites.

Bill Vaughan died at age 61 of lung cancer.

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