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We can do without any article of luxury we have never had but when once obtained, it is not in human natur' to surrender it voluntarily.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Age: 68 †
Born: 1796
Born: December 17
Died: 1865
Died: August 27
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