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The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 5
Died: 1909
Died: April 10
Literary Critic
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London
England
Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swiburne
Mind
Men
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Loyalty
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