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Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

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William Lyon Mackenzie King
Age: 75 †
Born: 1874
Born: December 17
Died: 1950
Died: July 22
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