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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
Journalist
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Laleham
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