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In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
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North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
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