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The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Faith
Aristocracy
Hope
Despotism
Reason
Prosperity
Offers
Poverty
Mankind
Democracy
Attaches
Greater
Insists

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