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The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
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Novelist
Playwright
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
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