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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Borrowing
Shadows
Shadow
Poetry
Existence
Art
Nothing
Lending

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