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There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
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