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One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

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Thomas Reed
Age: 63 †
Born: 1839
Born: October 18
Died: 1902
Died: December 7
Lawyer
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Portland
Maine
Thomas B. Reed
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Thomas Brackett Reed Jr.
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