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Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

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