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Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

E. W. Howe

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Unjustly
Adversity
Abuse
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Friends
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