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Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Sense
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Love
Belong
Conscience
Fame
Prove
Health
Virtue

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