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Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake.

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

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Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
Age: 57 †
Born: 1726
Born: July 18
Died: 1784
Died: January 10
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