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Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes.
Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Christian Andersen
Age: 70 †
Born: 1805
Born: April 2
Died: 1875
Died: August 4
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Farewell, farewell, said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he had a nest over the window of a house in which dwelt the writer of fairy tales. The swallow sang Tweet, tweet, and from his song came the whole story.
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