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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

William Sloane Coffin

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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
Activist
Pastor
New York City
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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Stature
Measures
Bigger
Love

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