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Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Age: 70 †
Born: 1822
Born: October 4
Died: 1893
Died: January 17
19Th U.S. President
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Delaware
Ohio
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Rutherford Hayes
R. B. Hayes
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