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I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.

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
Cannot
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Love
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Cruelty
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Charity
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