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The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.
Iain Pears
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Iain Pears
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 8
Art Historian
Journalist
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Coventry
England
UK
Iain George Pears
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