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Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest But I mean such wives as are none of the best
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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