Born into an anti-slavery family of eight children, Howells aided his family by setting type in his journalist father
The speaker is scorned by his love and hopes his gift of thistles will grow on the barren terrain of a loveless heart.
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Born into an anti-slavery family of eight children, Howells aided his family by setting type in his journalist father
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