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Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes: The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said,
         

The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better.


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