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It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.
Pope Leo XIII
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Pope Leo XIII
Age: 93 †
Born: 1810
Born: March 2
Died: 1903
Died: July 20
Diplomat
Roman Catholic Priest
Pope Leo XIII
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci
Leo PP. XIII
Pope Léon XIII
Pope Lev XIII
papa Leone XIII
Pope Leone XIII
Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci
Pope Leon XIII
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