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It's not ignorance does so much damage it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

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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
Knowin
Damage
Ignorance
Doe
Much

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