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The epithets of parent and child have been long applied to Great Britain and her colonies, [but] we rarely see anything from your side of the water except the authoritative style of a master to a school-boy.

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George Mason
Age: 66 †
Born: 1725
Born: December 11
Died: 1792
Died: October 7
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