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What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.
Sarah Josepha Hale
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Sarah Josepha Hale
Age: 90 †
Born: 1788
Born: October 24
Died: 1879
Died: April 30
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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
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