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Of all human troubles the most hateful is to feel that you have the capacity of power and yet you have no field to excercise it.

H. H. Asquith

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H. H. Asquith
Age: 76 †
Born: 1852
Born: January 1
Died: 1928
Died: January 1
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Herbert Henry Asquith
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Herbert Henry Asquith
1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
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