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If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.
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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Philosopher
Political Scientist
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Paterson
New Jersey
William Graham
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