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The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Age: 65 †
Born: 1814
Born: December 29
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
Clergyman
Priest
E. H. Chapin
Edwin Hubbell Rev. Chapin
Motion
Artery
Vast
Throbbing
Planet
Arteries
Planets
Reciprocity
System
Rotting
Universe
Leafs
Every
Leaf
Exchange

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