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Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
Farmer
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Santa

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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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