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The world in all doth but two nations bear- The good, the bad and these mixed everywhere.

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Andrew Marvell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1621
Born: March 31
Died: 1678
Died: August 16
Poet
Politician
Satirist
Writer
Andrew Marvell
Two
Good
World
Doth
Mixed
Bear
Everywhere
Bears
Nations

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