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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Anxious
Anxiety
Bear
Bears
Whether
Everyone
Fear
Thinner
Ice

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