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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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Minister
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Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, A man is dead, but angels throng about him saying, A man is born.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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