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Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Accuracy
Twins
Falsehood
Near
Honesty
Brother
Inaccuracy
Truth
Twin
Dishonesty

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