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All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
Logan Pearsall Smith
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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
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Millville
New Jersey
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If we shake hands with icy fingers, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.
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