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I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse.

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William Carey
Age: 72 †
Born: 1761
Born: August 17
Died: 1834
Died: June 9
Bible Translator
Botanist
Clergyman
Missionary
Translator
Writer
Milton
Massachusetts
W. Carey
Missionary
Collapse
India
Save
England
Went
Spiritual

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