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It depends on education--that holder of the keys which the Almighty hath put into our hands--to open the gates which lead to virtue or to vice, to happiness or misery.

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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
Diplomat
Military Personnel
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Kent
England
Sir Philip Sidney
Keys
Lead
Holder
Depends
Almighty
Virtue
Hath
Open
Gates
Education
Vice
Happiness
Vices
Hands
Misery

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