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Society is composed of slow Christians and wide-awake sinners.

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
Christians
Awake
Slow
Wide
Society
Christian
Sinners
Composed
Sinner

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