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The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.

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
Cannot
Young
Find
Need
Needs
God

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