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When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.

Pearl S. Buck

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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
Autobiographer
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Missionary
Novelist
Screenwriter
Translator
Writer
Hillsboro
Oregon
Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
John Sedges
Taken
Moral
Hope
Away
People
Degeneration
Thereafter
Swiftly
Follows

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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.
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