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Of all sights which can soften and humanize the heart of man, there is none that ought so surely to reach it as that of innocent children enjoying the happiness which is their proper and natural portion.
Of all sights which can soften and humanize the heart of man, there is none that ought so surely to reach it as that of innocent children enjoying the happiness which is their proper and natural portion.
Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Robert Southey
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- Approximate author period: c. 1808 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint (1774–1843)
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Children · anthology attribution: Southey
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