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Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.
Alvin Adams
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Alvin Adams
Age: 73 †
Born: 1804
Born: June 16
Died: 1877
Died: September 2
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