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The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.

Charles Kingsley

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Charles Kingsley
Age: 55 †
Born: 1819
Born: June 12
Died: 1875
Died: January 23
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Devonshire
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Reality
Sneer
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Follows
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Sunshine
Never
Yesterday
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Rain
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Nature
Frown

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