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It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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Builder
Descent
Gifts
Name
Books
Heraldry
Names
Proudest
Known
Indebted
Better
Ancestry

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