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The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Misfortunes
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Despair
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Misfortune

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