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Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Philosopher
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
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