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If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor.

Jane Porter

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Jane Porter
Age: 74 †
Born: 1776
Born: January 17
Died: 1850
Died: May 24
Novelist
Writer
Durham
England
Looks
Coward
Would
Completely
Effects
Dauntless
Courage
Valor
Sure
Steadily
Upon
Cowardice
Find
Unable
Look
Refuge

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