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Names of living great men should not be given to children
A Persian tale warns parents against naming a child after living leaders. A family debates naming a son after deceased figures to avoid the misfortune of living heroes falling from grace. The narrator recounts a chain of names shifted as public figures rise and fall, ending with the suggestion to choose a dead statesman.
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Abou Ben Adhem
Schuyler Colfax
Thompson
Schuyler Colfax Thompson
Agha
Iderim
Agha Ilderim
Nadir el Abin
Nadir
Akbar
Council For
Namie
Pere PT Cave Eardgees
Abou
Persia
John
New Jersey
James
Thomas
Saratoga
Benedict ‘Aarnold
West Point