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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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Everyone
Thinner
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Bears
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