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When you find yourself overpowered as it were by melancholy the best way is to go out and do something.

When you find yourself overpowered as it were by melancholy the best way is to go out and do something.

Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial

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John Keble
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Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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