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Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.

Josh Billings

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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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Humor
Liberty
Lost
Regained
Never
Chastity
Like
Purity
Originals

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