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When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

Haniel Long

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Haniel Long
Age: 68 †
Born: 1888
Born: March 9
Died: 1956
Died: October 17
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Rangoon
Haniel Clark Long
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Apathy
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