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The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.
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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Political Scientist
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Paterson
New Jersey
William Graham
William Grayham
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Society needs first of all to be free from meddlersthat is, to be let alone.
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What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?
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