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You and I are now nearly in middle age, and have not yet become soured and shrivelled with the wear and tear of life. Let us pray to be delivered from that condition where life and nature have no fresh, sweet sensations for us.
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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