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In the race of men is much greed and envy but of truth, little.

Lloyd Alexander

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Truth
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Men
Greed
Envy

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