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History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.
James A. Garfield
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James A. Garfield
Age: 49 †
Born: 1831
Born: November 19
Died: 1881
Died: September 19
20Th U.S. President
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James Abram Garfield
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