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Between two evils, choose neither between two goods, choose both.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Two
Evils
Comparison
Goods
Neither
Choose
Choices
Evil

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