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A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
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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