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Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Sweet
Decency
Thousand
Mixed
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Union
Unfeigned
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Acts
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Mind
Daily
Compliance
Love
Actions
Graceful
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