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There are some surely whom you like and whom you dislike, for whom you entertain esteem and for whom you feel contempt? Have you not thought that you have some duties toward them, that you can aid them in leading better lives?
Paul Bourget
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Paul Bourget
Age: 83 †
Born: 1852
Born: September 2
Died: 1935
Died: December 25
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