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Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.

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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
Doe
Indignation
Good
Awe
Club
Opposition
Sufficient
Clubs
Size
Unless
Backed

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