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Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.

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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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Consoled
Widows
Holmes
Easiest
Crying
Grief
Cry
Truly
Wittily

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