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How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime.

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Henry George
Age: 58 †
Born: 1839
Born: September 2
Died: 1897
Died: October 29
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