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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us.

Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri
Age: 56 †
Born: 1265
Born: June 6
Died: 1321
Died: September 22
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Intellectual
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Florence
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Dante
Durante degli Alighieri
Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri
Nothing
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Leave
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Heaven
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Show
Blow
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Trumpets
Light
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Minds
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