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John Morley: “Why this noble and tender spirit should have had such bounty for me and should have so freshened my advancing years, my…”

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Why this noble and tender spirit should have had such bounty for me and should have so freshened my advancing years, my absorbed and divided mind, I cannot tell.
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John Morley

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Morley contemplates the inexplicable kindness he received from a friend, which enriched his life.

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