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I ought to reflect again and again, and yet again, that the beings that I have to steer are just as inevitable in the scheme of evolution as I am myself have just as much right to be themselves as I am entitled to and they all deserve from me as much sympathy as I give to myself.

Arnold Bennett

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Arnold Bennett
Age: 63 †
Born: 1867
Born: May 27
Died: 1931
Died: March 27
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