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I think there is and ultimate answer in a true religious faith, but it doesn't give you any immediate answers, it doesn't.

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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Wright City
Missouri
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