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Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind-- More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
Medicine
Poet
Surgeon
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Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Fortitude
Easiest
Yield
Dealing
Kind
Mind
Firmest
Resists
Yields

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