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“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.”
 
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Edward Gibbon
 
Name:   Edward Gibbon
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 27, 1737
 
Date of Death:   Jan 16,  1794
 
Profession:   Historian
 
 
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