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In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
John James Ingalls
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John James Ingalls
Age: 66 †
Born: 1833
Born: December 29
Died: 1900
Died: August 16
American Politician
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Middleton
Massachusetts
John J. Ingalls
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