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Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Horace Walpole
Born: September 24, 1717
Died: March 2, 1797 (aged 79)
Bio: Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford also known as Horace Walpole was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.
Known for:
- The Castle of Otranto (1764)
- Hieroglyphic Tales (1785)
- Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762)
- The Mysterious Mother: A Tragedy (1768)
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