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When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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