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Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy -- love which creates life?

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
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Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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