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Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Age: 36 †
Born: 1802
Born: August 14
Died: 1838
Died: October 15
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I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile.
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My tears are buried in my heart, like cave-locked fountains sleeping.
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