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Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.

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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Democrat
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Christ
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Ever
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Dramatist

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