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What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head.

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Theodore Parker
Age: 49 †
Born: 1810
Born: August 24
Died: 1860
Died: May 10
Theologian
Lexington
Massachusetts
Neglect
Sees
Head
Faces
Heart
Orphans
Always
Asylums
Orphan
Fatal

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