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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government.

Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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