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He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Age: 91 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 24
Died: 1969
Died: October 5
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He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.
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Bitterness imprisons life love releases it.
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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.
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