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How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty.

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Selfishness
Dimensions
Supreme
Duty
Health
Upon
Inculcated
Self
Enlarges
Men
Sickness

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