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The nation needs to return to the colonial way of life, when a wife was judged by the amount of wood she could split.

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W. C. Fields
Age: 66 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 29
Died: 1946
Died: December 25
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Cabaret Artist
Circus Performer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
WC Fields
William Claude Dukenfield
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