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Though plunged in ills and exercised in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair.

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
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Never
Plunged
Exercised
Ills
Noble
Despair
Though
Care

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