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If you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler.

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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
Judge
Lawyer
Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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Hard
Much
Life
World
Simpler
Start
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