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As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as myself
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
Age: 66 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 22
Died: 2004
Died: November 5
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