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Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
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New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
Taste
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It is the life of democracy to favor equality.
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