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We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.
William Graham Sumner
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William Graham Sumner
Age: 69 †
Born: 1840
Born: October 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 12
Anthropologist
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Paterson
New Jersey
William Graham
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I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.
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Hunger, love, vanity, and fear. There are four great motives of human action.
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