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The innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue.

John Lancaster Spalding

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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Catholic Priest
Lebanon
Kentucky
Ignorance
Simply
Virtue
Innocence

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