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In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.

Isaac Watts

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