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Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 6
Died: 1892
Died: October 6
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Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good, And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
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A day may sink or save a realm.
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The city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built forever.
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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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