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There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.

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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
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Infidel
Infidelity
Taught
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