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An appeal to a goodness which is not in him is, to a vain and sensitive soul, a stinging insult.
Frederick Rolfe
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Frederick Rolfe
Age: 53 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 22
Died: 1913
Died: October 25
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Frederick William Rolfe
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