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Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
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Poet
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London
England
Grown
Fellows
Among
Boys
Unwholesome
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Companions
People
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Capital

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