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Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
A. Pike
Mankind
Constitutes
Suffering
Encounter
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Brotherhood
Born
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Bound
Things
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Sorrow
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Sympathize

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