People, Dec. 21, 1953

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Poet Robert Frost, 78, whose verses sing the praises of simple living and hard work (The Axe-Helve), delivered some prosy philosophy in Berkeley, Calif.: "I never thought much of work. I'm not industrious. I have nothing to 'retire' from. My life has been one long vacation." Of some of his compatriots who have fled the U.S. through the years, in search of new artistic freedoms. Frost said: "(I never felt the call to be an expatriate. But I hold it to be the inalienable right...

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