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There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
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Thornton Niven Wilder
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