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Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.
Thomas Willis
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Thomas Willis
Age: 54 †
Born: 1621
Born: January 27
Died: 1675
Died: November 11
Anatomist
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Great Bedwyn
Wiltshire
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