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Applying good sense to religion and religion to life. This is the field in which I design to labor

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Theodore Parker
Age: 49 †
Born: 1810
Born: August 24
Died: 1860
Died: May 10
Theologian
Lexington
Massachusetts
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Life
Applying
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Labor
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Design
Religion
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