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All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.
Elihu Burritt
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Elihu Burritt
Age: 68 †
Born: 1811
Born: January 1
Died: 1879
Died: March 6
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New Britain
Connecticut
Learned Blacksmith
The Learned Blacksmith
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