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There was a little man, and he had a little soul And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!

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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
Littles
Soul
Little
Trying
Men

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