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| Personal Information | Harold 3 was taller than Tosti 2, well practised in endless fatigues and doing without sleep and food, and endowed with mildness of temper and a more ready understanding. He could bear contradiction well, not readily revealing or retaliating - never on a fellow citizen or compatriot. With anyone he thought loyal he would sometimes share the plan of his project, sometimes defer this so long, some would judge as to be hardly to his advantage. Indeed, the fault of rashness or levity is not one that anybody could charge against him, or Tosti 2, or any son born of Godwine 51, or anyone brought up under his rule or instruction. |
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Harold 3 was taller than Tosti 2, well practised in endless fatigues and doing without sleep and food, and endowed with mildness of temper and a more ready understanding. He could bear contradiction well, not readily revealing or retaliating - never on a fellow citizen or compatriot. With anyone he thought loyal he would sometimes share the plan of his project, sometimes defer this so long, some would judge as to be hardly to his advantage. Indeed, the fault of rashness or levity is not one that anybody could charge against him, or Tosti 2, or any son born of Godwine 51, or anyone brought up under his rule or instruction.