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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

Clarence Darrow

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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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Doubted
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Teaching
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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