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God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down.

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Age: 64 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 1
Died: 1917
Died: July 2
Actor
Director
Film Director
Stage Actor
London
England
Herbert Draper Beerbohm
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
H. Beerbohm Tree
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God
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Young
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Trying
Conciliate
Men
Burglar
Burglars

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