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The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

Ernest Bramah

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Ernest Bramah
Age: 74 †
Born: 1868
Born: March 20
Died: 1942
Died: June 23
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Manchester
England
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