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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.

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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
Littles
Sarcasm
Ever
Sarcastic
Little
Angels
Men
Lower
Angel
Created
Since
Getting
Angelic

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