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A birthday is a good time to begin a new throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
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