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It is a characteristic of pleasure that we can never recognize it to be pleasure till after it is gone.
Alexander Smith
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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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Cille Mheàrnaig
Gone
Never
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Pleasure
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