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Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
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Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Mankind
Right
Always
Betterment
Minded
Unfortunately
Fairs
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