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Anger is self-immolation.
Phillips Brooks
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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
Clergyman
Hymnwriter
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Boston
Massachusetts
Immolation
Anger
Self
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