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Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
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Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Age: 76 †
Born: 1773
Born: October 23
Died: 1850
Died: January 26
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Francis Jeffrey
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