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The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
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Former
Daggers
Death
Murder
Murders
Body
Tongue
Assassins
Worse
Differ
Weapons
Kills
Dying
Weapon
Slanderer
Lasts
Latter
Dagger
Last
Reputation
Assassin

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