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No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Age: 75 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 1
Died: 1882
Died: March 24
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I am never indifferent, and never pretend to be, to what people say or think of my books. They are my children, and I like to have them liked.
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