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It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Therefore
Wise
Least
Suffering
Right
Must
Would
Involve

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