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The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

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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