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If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.   Smith, Alexander

Excerpt from Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country · This quote is tagged Assassination · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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Alexander Smith (31 December 1830- 5 January 1867) was a Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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