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A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.

Francis Atterbury

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Francis Atterbury
Age: 68 †
Born: 1663
Born: March 6
Died: 1732
Died: February 22
Bishop Of Rochester
Journalist
Poet
Priest
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
Prosperous
Seldom
Humble
Provident
Victory
Flushed
Happiness
Perpetuate
States
Victories
Great
Pious
People
Successes

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