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Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

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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
Prejudice
Assuming
Reason
Garb
Assumes
Cheat
Thin

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