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Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him.

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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
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Boston
Massachusetts
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