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A glance, a word -- and joy or pain befalls.... How slight the links are in the chain that binds us to our destiny!

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Age: 70 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 2
Died: 1907
Died: March 19
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
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Glance
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Destiny
Befalls
Joy
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