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It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Opinion
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Incumbent
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Properly
Never
Prejudice
Secure
Particularly
Judging

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