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I scarcely know a professional man I can like, and certainly not one who has been what the world calls successful, that I should the least wish to resemble.

James Anthony Froude

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James Anthony Froude
Age: 75 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 23
Died: 1894
Died: January 1
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