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Election victories are a harvest. You plant the seed. For months or years, you water and tend them. In the election season, you reap the harvest.

Edward Brooke

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Edward Brooke
Age: 95 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 26
Died: 2015
Died: January 3
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Massachusetts Attorney General
Politician
Washington
District of Columbia
Edward William Brooke
III
Edward William Brooke III
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