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Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late...?
Christopher Morley
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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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Bibles
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