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Individual faults and frailties are no excuse to give in - and no exemption from the common obligation to give of ourselves.

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Edward Kennedy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 22
Died: 2009
Died: August 25
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
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