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Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.

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Walker Percy
Age: 73 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 28
Died: 1990
Died: May 10
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Novelist
Philosopher
Physician
Writer
Birmingham
Alabama
Peace
War
Sense
Makes
Better
Hell
Politics

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