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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

Adelbert von Chamisso

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Adelbert von Chamisso
Age: 57 †
Born: 1781
Born: January 30
Died: 1838
Died: August 21
Botanist
Bryologist
Curator
Explorer
Naturalist
Poet
Pteridologist
Writer
Zoologist
Chalons-en-Champagne
Cham.
Louis Charles Adelaïde de Chamisso
Louis-Charles-Adelaïde de Chamisso
Louis Charles Adelaide Comte De Chamisso
Adelbert Von Chamisso
Comte de Louis Charles Adelaide
Louis Charles Adélaïde de Chamissot de Boncourt
Louis de Chamissot de Boncourt
Bound
Iron
Chains
Bounds
Wings
Fast
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