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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.
         

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person.


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