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| | February 19th |
 | | Born: Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer, 1473, Thom, in Prussia: Henry Frederick Prince of Wales, 1594, Stirling Castle; Admiral Lord Rodney, 1718, Walton-on-Thames; Richard Cumberland, dramatist, 1732, Cambridge; Sir Roderick I. Murchison, geologist, 1792, Tarradale, Rossshire. |
 | | Nevertheless, in the early death of Henry Prince of Wales there is no room to doubt that the national bewailment was just. |
 | | It was in the midst of active study and exercise, and while the nation was becoming fully aware of the promise he gave as their future ruler, that this accomplished prince was seized with a fever, the consequence, apparently, of the too violent fatigues to which he occasionally subjected himself. |
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