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For though Death be a dark passage, it leads to immortality, and that is recompence enough for suffering of it.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Philosopher
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London
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William Penn
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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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This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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