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“The best portion of a good man’s life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”

William Wordsworth

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A good life is measured through small acts of care that may never become famous or even remain in memory.

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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey; the speaker reflects on small, often unremembered acts of kindness and love.

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