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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men, And falsehood, while I lived, was far from mine.
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
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Come, dear children, let us away Down and away below!
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To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open To all always true.
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