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Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.
Samuel Smiles (identity unresolved)

In print by 1881 AD · industrial

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Samuel Smiles (identity unresolved)
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In print by 1881 AD · industrial
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Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)

Page 39 · printed citation: Samuel Smiles · subject: Cheerfulness

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