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To the generous mind
The heaviest debt is that of gratitude,
When 'tis not in our power to repay it.
Thomas Francklin
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Thomas Francklin
Born:
1721
Died:
1784
(aged 63)
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Thomas Francklin was an English academic, clergyman, writer and dramatist.
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