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Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.
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