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Beauty of form affects the mind, but then it must be understood that it is not the mere shell that we admire we are attracted by the idea that this shell is only a beautiful case adjusted to the shape and value of a still more beautiful pearl within. The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering.

Jane Porter

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Jane Porter
Age: 74 †
Born: 1776
Born: January 17
Died: 1850
Died: May 24
Novelist
Writer
Durham
England
Beautiful
Case
Affects
Adjusted
Form
Understood
Attracted
Loveliness
Stills
Value
Admire
Pearl
Still
Cases
Shape
Shell
Soul
Beauty
Shining
Pearls
Ideas
Within
Perfection
Covering
Must
Values
Shapes
Outward
Mind
Idea
Mere
Shells
Crystalline

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