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If character be irrecoverably lost, then indeed there will be nothing left worth saving.

Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Journalist
Philosopher
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Haddington
East Lothian
Nothing
Irrecoverably
Saving
Indeed
Worth
Lost
Left
Character

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