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The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles and why should not other tourists do the same?
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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