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If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may exasperate to madness men they persecute and ill treat, my life will not be entirely thrown away.

Ned Kelly

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Ned Kelly
Age: 25 †
Born: 1854
Born: December 28
Died: 1880
Died: November 11
Bushranger
Victoria
Australia
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