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Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it.

Augustus William Hare

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Augustus William Hare
Age: 41 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 17
Died: 1834
Died: January 22
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Do, and have done. The former is far the easiest.
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A faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no further, is none.
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