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Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.

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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Philosopher
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Haddington
East Lothian
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Worthless
Women
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Done
Ignorant
Children
Commit
Life
Child
Evil
Woman

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