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Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Novelist
Playwright
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
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the Elder
Ground
Beneficent
Hearts
Outwardly
Joy
Moisture
Fall
Drought
Nothing
Dew
Heart
Absorb
Long
Suffered
Like
Falling

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