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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
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S. Richardson
Happiness
Checked
Future
Laid
Children
Folly
Men
Generally
Misery
Ground
Early
Indulged
Child
Follies

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