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To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Character
Assassin
Body
Daggers
Assassins
Murder
Tongue
Crime
Truly
Slanderer
Brother
Dagger

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