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Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

Ouida

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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
Writer
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Heart
Make
Men
Prey
Beast
Hope
Take

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