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All of us must act selfishly to Iearn charity, must lie to learn honor, must betray and be betrayed to learn to value trust and commitment.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Learn
Betray
Must
Charity
Commitment
Honor
Value
Trust
Selfishly
Lying
Betrayed
Values
Betrayal

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