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We may think all religions beneficial, and believe of one alone that it is true.
Anna Letitia Barbauld
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Anna Letitia Barbauld
Age: 81 †
Born: 1743
Born: June 20
Died: 1825
Died: March 9
Essayist
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Leicestershire
England
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So fades a summer cloud away So sinks the gale when storms are o'er So gently shuts the eye of day So dies a wave along the shore.
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