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There is nothing stronger than human prejudice.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Nothing
Prejudice
Stronger
Human
Humans

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