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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.

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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Beasts
Children
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Mercy
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Chloroform

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