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What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

Charles Dudley Warner

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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
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Hampshire County
Massachusetts
Garden
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Iron
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