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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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