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Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue

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Don Marquis
Age: 59 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 29
Died: 1937
Died: December 29
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Illinois
USA
Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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Cannot
Must
Men
Uplifted
Seduced
Virtue

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