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It is easy to assume a habit but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.

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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
Casts
Assuming
Skin
Skins
Habit
Easy
Addiction
Take
Assume
Trying
Cast

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