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We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.

Alfred de Vigny

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Alfred de Vigny
Age: 66 †
Born: 1797
Born: March 27
Died: 1863
Died: September 17
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Alfred Victor de Vigny
Alfred Victor
comte de Vigny
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The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.
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