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It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts, That all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Art
Arts
Two
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Important
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Schoolboy
Even
Education
Bachelor
Every
Called
Bachelors
Kind
Knowledge
Commission
Common
Artist
Divided

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