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How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!
How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!
Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Washington Irving
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- Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
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