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A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
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Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
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Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils.
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Life went a-maying With Nature, Hope, and Poesy, When I was young!
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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
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If people could learn history, what lessons it might teach us!
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