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If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
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Writer
Rockdale City
Would
Lawyers
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Humans
Equity

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