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What subsists to-day by violence continues to-morrow by acquiescence and is perpetuated by tradition till at last the hoary abuse shakes the gray hairs of antiquity at us, and gives it-self out as the wisdom of ages.

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Edward Everett
Age: 70 †
Born: 1794
Born: April 11
Died: 1865
Died: January 15
Diplomat
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Gray
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Abuse
Hairs
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Tradition
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