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I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.
Benjamin F. Wade
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Benjamin F. Wade
Age: 77 †
Born: 1800
Born: October 27
Died: 1878
Died: March 2
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Springfield
Massachusetts
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