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Mother's love grows by giving.

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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
Motherhood
Mom
Grows
Family
Mother
Giving
Love

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To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness.
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