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I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I had had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief.

Richard Cecil

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Richard Cecil
Age: 61 †
Born: 1748
Born: November 8
Died: 1810
Died: August 15
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