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Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Destiny
Lasts
Last
Every
Men
Waterloo
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Defeat

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