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Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.

Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
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Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
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