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If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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Cille Mheàrnaig
Looks
Race
Inherited
Make
Wish
Superiority
Men
Comes
Gifted
Death
Personally
Nature
Noble
May
Kill
Best
Courses
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Assassination

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