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The horrible pleasure of pleasing inferior people.

Arthur Hugh Clough

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Arthur Hugh Clough
Age: 42 †
Born: 1819
Born: January 1
Died: 1861
Died: November 13
Poet
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City of Liverpool
Pleasing
Inferior
Inferiors
Horrible
Pleasure
People

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