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“There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.”
 
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Name:   Thomas W. Higginson
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   1823
 
Date of Death:   1911
 
Profession:   Clergyman
 
 
 
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