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We French-Canadians belong to one country, Canada: Canada is for us the whole world: but the English-Canadians have two countries, one here and one across the sea.

Wilfrid Laurier

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Wilfrid Laurier
Age: 77 †
Born: 1841
Born: November 20
Died: 1919
Died: February 17
Former Prime Minister Of Canada
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
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