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An injudicious and malignant enemy often serves the cause he means to injure but a feeble friend never attains that end.

Dorothy Wordsworth

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Dorothy Wordsworth
Age: 83 †
Born: 1771
Born: December 25
Died: 1855
Died: January 25
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Cumbria
Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth
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Enemy
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