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Today we love what tomorrow we hate, today we seek what tomorrow we shun, today we desire what tomorrow we fear, nay, even tremble at the apprehensions of.

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Daniel Defoe
Age: 70 †
Born: 1660
Born: September 30
Died: 1731
Died: April 24
Businessperson
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
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London
England
Daniel Foe
Love
Apprehension
Seek
Tomorrow
Desire
Hate
Fear
Apprehensions
Today
Shun
Even
Tremble

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