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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.

Clarence Darrow

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