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      "text": "Sir Henry Wotton was a most dear lover and a frequent practiser of the Art of Angling; of which he would say, \"'T was an employment for his idle time, which was then not idly spent, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness;\" and \"that it begat habits of peace and patience in those that professed and practised it.\"",
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