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Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?

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Horace Walpole
Age: 79 †
Born: 1717
Born: September 24
Died: 1797
Died: March 2
Autobiographer
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London
England
Sir Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole
1st Baron Walpole
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Earl of Orford
Onuphrio Muralto
Horatio Walpole
4th Earl of Orford
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