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The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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