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Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused.

Max Beerbohm

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Max Beerbohm
Age: 83 †
Born: 1872
Born: August 24
Died: 1956
Died: May 20
Caricaturist
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London
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Sir Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Sir Beerbohm
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Justice
Turns
Sense
Aroused
Others
Thoroughly
Long
Till
Never
Injustice
Somehow
Sleep

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