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Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.

Joseph Howe

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Joseph Howe
Age: 68 †
Born: 1804
Born: December 13
Died: 1873
Died: June 1
Journalist
Politician
Halifax
Nova Scotia
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Maidens
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Poetry
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Politics

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