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See ye not, Courtesy is the true Alchemy, turning to gold all it touches and tries?

George Meredith

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George Meredith
Age: 81 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 12
Died: 1909
Died: May 18
Novelist
Poet
Prosaist
Writer
Portsmouth
England
Courtesy
Tries
Turning
Curiosity
Gold
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Trying
Alchemy
Touches

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