Frederick Banting Quotes

Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see.

Frederick Banting

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• Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see.

  

  Frederick Banting
  • Good
  • Father
  • Eyes