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Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
Luc de Clapiers
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Luc de Clapiers
Age: 31 †
Born: 1715
Born: August 6
Died: 1747
Died: May 28
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