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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
Poet
New York City
New York
bovee
C. N. Bovee
Second
Beauty
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Affections
Useful
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