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Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn the world. Earth would become an hell for future rewards when put off to a great distance, would cease to encourage, and future punishments to alarm.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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