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Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Born: Sep 22, 1694
Died: Mar 24, 1773

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