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Pride seems tew be quite equally distributed the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem tew have it just alike.
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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