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To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.
T. E. Lawrence
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T. E. Lawrence
Age: 46 †
Born: 1888
Born: August 16
Died: 1935
Died: May 19
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Thomas Edward Lawrence
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of Arabia Lawrence
John Hume Ross
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