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I am, Sir, a brother of the angle.

Izaak Walton

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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
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If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.
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