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In oratory affectation must be avoided it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself than by those words which may smell either of the lamp or inkhorn.
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Age: 65 †
Born: 1583
Born: March 3
Died: 1648
Died: August 5
Diplomat
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Eyton on Severn
Shropshire
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1st Baron Herbert of Castle Islands
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Edward Herbert
1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury
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