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The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Born
Melts
Heart
Cloudy
Brightest
Smiles
Length
Weather
Tears
Beauty

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