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The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul but it has to come to heel.

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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Literary Critic
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Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Body
Soul
Come
Lusts
Heel
Materialism
Heels
Lust
Greed

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