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It is not the ought-ness of the problem that we have to consider, but the is-ness!

William Pickens

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William Pickens
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: January 1
Died: 1954
Died: April 6
Educator
Essayist
Journalist
Anderson County
South Carolina
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Ought
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Ness

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