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For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
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London
England
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