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I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!

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John Adams
Age: 90 †
Born: 1735
Born: October 19
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
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