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No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.

Janet Morris

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
War
Thought
Without
Ethos
Pursued
Ethical
Loyalty
Ethics
Mercy

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