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We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency.
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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The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous too little, a savage.
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