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Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep.

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Adam
Putting
Sin
Sleep
Taken
Men

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