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Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

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Izaak Walton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1593
Born: August 9
Died: 1683
Died: December 15
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Stafford
Staffordshire
Isaak Walton
Izaak Walton
Angling
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I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
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