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If dying, I yet live in a tender heart or two nor am I lost and hopeless living, if a sainted departed soul still loves and prays for me.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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