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Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

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
Hope
Fame
Wealth
Future

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I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.
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When I spoke, I was listened to and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.
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