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Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around and most of us can, as we choose, make of this world either a palace or a prison.
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock
Age: 79 †
Born: 1834
Born: April 30
Died: 1913
Died: May 28
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