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The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.

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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
Autobiographer
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Peace Activist
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Suffragist
Trade Unionist
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