H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer
Source: The Dance of Life http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300671.txt (1923), Ch. 2
“She was the most painful, most glorious dance of his life”
Source: Heir to the Shadows
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