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More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.

Arthur Helps

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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They tell us that Pity is akin to Love if so, Pity must be a poor relation.
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The heroic example of other days is in great part the source of the courage of each generation and men walk up composedly to the most perilous enterprises, beckoned onward by the shades of the brave that were.
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