There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.
Thomas Browne
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ALICIA BROWNE Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations. ANTHONY BROWNE A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, a... HARRY BROWNE