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One fault begets another one crime renders another necessary.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Age: 68 †
Born: 1774
Born: August 12
Died: 1843
Died: March 21
Biographer
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Poet
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Robert Southey
Fault
Guilt
Faults
Necessary
Crime
Another
Renders
Begets

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