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Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

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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
Comedy
Wisdom
Made
Never
Bigot
Bigots
Bigotry
Racist
Learning

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