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For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.
-James Russell Lowell
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For There's Nothing We Read Of In

James Russell Lowell
For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.
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