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I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Loyal
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Wrong

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Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.
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What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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