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Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.
Josh Billings
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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
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Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
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