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I am only doing now what I have ever done and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects.
John Burns
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John Burns
Age: 84 †
Born: 1858
Born: October 20
Died: 1943
Died: January 24
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London
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John Elliot Burns
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