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A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste and sentiments.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Taste
Unfailing
Moral
Criterion
Character
Index
Men
Criteria
Sentiments
Judge
Mental
Penmanship
Judging
Peculiarities

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