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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces.

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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
Strong
Negro
Felt
Yearning
Tenderness
Traits
Towards
Meet
Faces
Yearnings
Often
Countenance

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