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Let us be men with men, and always children before God for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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