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The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

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Taylor Caldwell
Age: 84 †
Born: 1900
Born: September 7
Died: 1985
Died: August 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Marcus Holland
Max Reiner
Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Reback
Peace
Tempered
War
Lest
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Assistance
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Rome
Arrogance
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