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Sin is bad in the eye, worse in the tongue, worse still in the heart, but worst of all in the life.

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Thomas Brooks
Age: 77 †
Born: 1880
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: February 15
Politician
Thurgoland
South Yorkshire
Thomas Judson Brooks
Eye
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Heart
Life
Tongue
Worse
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