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Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

Albert Pike

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
A. Pike
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Exhausted
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