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Nature makes all the noblemen wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.

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
Wealth
Education
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Nature
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Noblemen
Pedigree
Nobility

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