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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
Laurence Peter
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Rooms
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Men
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