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Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior work by the variety which they lend to its style and treatment.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
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New York City
New York
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]
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He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
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