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The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.
Henry Walter Bates
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"The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown."
— Henry Walter Bates

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The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown. — Henry Walter Bates

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Henry Walter Bates was a Environmentalist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1825–1892).

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This quote is attributed to Henry Walter Bates, a Environmentalist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Henry Walter Bates lived from 1825 – 1892.