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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
Faults
Around
Littles
Little
Blinder
Kinder

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