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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
the City
Devotion
Curiosity
Less
Doe
Make
Pilgrims
Pilgrim

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