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Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.

William Barclay

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William Barclay
Age: 70 †
Born: 1907
Born: December 5
Died: 1978
Died: January 24
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Classical Scholar
Theologian
University Teacher
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Sins
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Pride
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