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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

Joseph Addison

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.
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