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I come from the Town of Stupidity it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
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Theologian
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Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
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