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The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

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Julius Charles Hare
Age: 60 †
Born: 1795
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Julius Charles Hare
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Mind
Longest
Like
Impressions
Sheets
Impression
Paper
Oftenest
Ones
Retains
White
Sheet
Black
Receives

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