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Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Pretension
Hence
Originals
Original
Almost
Always
Exposes

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