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We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
Medicine
Poet
Surgeon
Writer
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Emotional
Emotion
Within
Feelings
Throbbing
Cannot
Discern
Heart
Wounds
Till
Heal

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