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It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this.
William Cowper Prime
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William Cowper Prime
Age: 80 †
Born: 1825
Born: January 1
Died: 1905
Died: January 1
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