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Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Logan Pearsall Smith
Age: 80 †
Born: 1865
Born: October 18
Died: 1946
Died: March 2
Author
Literary Critic
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith
Hearts
Neither
Company
Heart
Kind
Tongues
Make
Finest
World
Delicate
Tongue

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