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You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.

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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
Cannon
Cannons
Stupidity
Ball
Balls
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