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Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.

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
Good
Collectively
Men
Individually
Crowd
Crowds
Deal
Deals
Better
Denounce
Many
Privately

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