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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die for that only is well, that ends well.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Well
Lived
Life
Shall
Dies
Wish
Ends
Live
Wells
Come

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