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It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Age: 78 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 21
Died: 1971
Died: June 1
Ethicist
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Political Scientist
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Wright City
Missouri
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr
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