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A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.

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Henry Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1838
Born: February 16
Died: 1918
Died: March 27
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
Journalist
Mathematician
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Frances Snow Compton
Henry Adams
Men
Tame
Life
Harness
Broken
Taking
Becoming
Boys
Dies
Colt
Nature
Colts

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