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James F. Cooper Quotes
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.
James F. Cooper

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
September 15, 1789
Year of Death:
1851
Nationality:
American
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