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There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.

Geraldine Jewsbury

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Geraldine Jewsbury
Age: 68 †
Born: 1812
Born: August 22
Died: 1880
Died: September 23
Novelist
Writer
Measham
Leicestershire
Events
Wisdom
History
Comes
Event
Equal

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