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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Horace Smith
Born: December 31, 1779
Died: July 12, 1849 (aged 69)
Bio: Horace (born Horatio) Smith was an English poet and novelist (as was his elder brother, James Smith), perhaps best known for his participation in a sonnet-writing competition with Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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