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I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

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Martin Farquhar Tupper
Born: 1810
Born: July 17
Poet
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Human
Sped
Humans
Mingled
Much
Spot
Never
Spots
People
Kindness
Sea
Land
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