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The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Faith
Woman
Women
Domestic
Foundation
Virtue
Happiness

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