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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

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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
Nothing
Cure
Communism
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Socialism
Age
Money
Littles
Little
Eugenics

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