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Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Sure
Whatever
Undoing
Worship
Short

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