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Some of our problems can no more be solved correctly by majority opinion than can a problem in arithmetic and there are few problems that cannot be solved according to what is just and right without resort to popular opinion.

Henry Latham Doherty

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Henry Latham Doherty
Age: 68 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 1
Died: 1939
Died: January 1
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Columbus
Ohio
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