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Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in applying to it the readiest and the surest means of oppression.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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