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A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
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Ink
White
Mars
Character
Drop
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Otherwise
Pages
Habit
Pure
Faultless

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