Birthdays occurring on April, 12

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1713

Guillaume Thomas Raynal was born on April 12, 1713
French writer, who helped set the intellectual climate for the French Revolution. 1713-1796

The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents to him;

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1777

Henry Clay was born on April 12, 1777
American statesman, US congressman (1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25) and US senator (1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52), 1777-1852

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity

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1818

Josh Billings was born on April 12, 1818
American humorist, 1818-1885

Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer

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1916

Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

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