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A bond is necessary to complete our being, only we must be careful that the bond does not become bondage.
Anna Brownell Jameson
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Anna Brownell Jameson
Age: 66 †
Born: 1794
Born: January 1
Died: 1860
Died: January 1
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the distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses genius combines and creates.
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