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A town that boasts inhabitants like me Can have no lack of good society.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Age: 75 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 1
Died: 1882
Died: March 24
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Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
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