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Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.

Theodore Parker

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Theodore Parker
Age: 49 †
Born: 1810
Born: August 24
Died: 1860
Died: May 10
Theologian
Lexington
Massachusetts
Wealth
Frost
Fire
Famine
Away
Alien
Nature
Alike
Human
Aliens
Humans
Equally
Heart
Drive
Harden
Men
Flesh
Gluttony

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