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One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.

Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
Anthropologist
Cultural Anthropologist
Curator
Film Director
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Dangerous
Happen
Animal
Child
Away
Happens
Torture
Children
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Kill

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