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When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.

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
Philosophy
Anyone
Pain
Enough
Great
Doctor
Philosophical
Doctors

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