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The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

Hugh Walpole

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Hugh Walpole
Age: 57 †
Born: 1884
Born: March 13
Died: 1941
Died: June 1
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Tāmaki Makaurau
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