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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
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Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
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Salvation by the cross. [Lat., In cruce salus.]
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