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The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.
Louis D. Brandeis
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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
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Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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