Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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Birth: | 3rd April, 1783 |
Death: | 28th November, 1859 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Biographer, Diplomat, Editor, Essayist |
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