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The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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William Tecumseh Sherman
Age: 71 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 8
Died: 1891
Died: February 14
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