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If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks
Born: Feb 16, 1886
Died: May 2, 1963

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World, Job, Evil, Men, Giving, Bad, Would, Bother, Outset, Instead, Were, Up, Improve, Who, Basically

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