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Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.

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
Much
Inflict
Benevolence
Passive
Oneself
Upon
Pain
Order
Disinclination
May
Traced

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