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A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.
Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
Essayist
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Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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