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Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man

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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