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If you wish to be like a little child, study what a little child could understand — nature and do what a little child could do — love.

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Charles Kingsley
Age: 55 †
Born: 1819
Born: June 12
Died: 1875
Died: January 23
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So fleet the works of men, back to their earth againAncient and holy things fade like a dream.
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