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It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

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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
Come
Culpable
Oversight
Packages
Separate
Virtue
Beauty
Often
Nature

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