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A child's nature is too serious a thing to admit of its being regarded as a mere appendage to another being.

Charles Lamb

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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
Children
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Child
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