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Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Age: 68 †
Born: 1796
Born: December 17
Died: 1865
Died: August 27
Historian
Judge
Politician
Writer
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Hope
Unsafe
Acquaintance
Pleasant
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Friend

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