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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
         

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.


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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
         



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