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We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature of it.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
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New York City
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Evil
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