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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Age: 85 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 29
Died: 1894
Died: October 7
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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