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Lust is a monstrous sin which altereth, marreth, and drieth the body, weakening all the joints and members, making the face bubbled and yellow, shortening life, diminishing memory, understanding, and the very heart.

Claude C. Hopkins

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Claude C. Hopkins
Age: 66 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 14
Died: 1932
Died: September 22
Advertising Person
Face
Joints
Understanding
Monstrous
Faces
Yellow
Making
Lust
Body
Memory
Bubbled
Heart
Sin
Shortening
Life
Members
Diminishing
Memories
Weakening

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