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The place where two friends first met is sacred to them all through their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old.

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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
Clergyman
Hymnwriter
Priest
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Boston
Massachusetts
Friends
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Two
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