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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself!

How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty, – Charles Lamb

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Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment. – Charles Lamb

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