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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Helping
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Oppressed
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