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The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
E. V. Lucas
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E. V. Lucas
Age: 70 †
Born: 1868
Born: June 12
Died: 1938
Died: June 26
Journalist
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London
England
Edward Verrall Lucas
Edward Lucas
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Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much 'e don't, so to say, say nothin' but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
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