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We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Conscience
Grow
Grows
Almost
Stutter
Body
Morally
Years
Chill
Fragile
Throw

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