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Many who tried to enlighten were hanged from the lamppost.

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Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Age: 57 †
Born: 1909
Born: March 6
Died: 1966
Died: May 7
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Lemberg
Austria
Stanisław Lec
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Tried
Many
Lamppost
Enlighten
Hanged
Enlightening
Atheism

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