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He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Age: 68 †
Born: 1796
Born: December 17
Died: 1865
Died: August 27
Historian
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Windsor
Nova Scotia
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