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Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.

Robert Byron

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Robert Byron
Age: 35 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 26
Died: 1941
Died: February 24
Photographer
Writer
London
England
People
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Taboos
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Diplomacy
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Nationalism
Must
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Like
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