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I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.
A. C. Benson
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A. C. Benson
Age: 63 †
Born: 1862
Born: April 24
Died: 1925
Died: June 16
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Arthur Christopher Benson
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