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Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.
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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Fuss
Hurry
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