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The only true time which a man can properly call his own is that which he has all to himself the rest though in some sense he may be said to live it is other people's time not his.
The only true time which a man can properly call his own is that which he has all to himself the rest though in some sense he may be said to live it is other people's time not his.
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Charles Lamb
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- Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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