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" A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. "

Washington Irving

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" There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. "

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