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Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant
Age: 63 †
Born: 1822
Born: April 27
Died: 1885
Died: July 23
18Th U.S. President
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