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The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Frank Herbert

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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws.
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