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Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Geometry
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Witchcraft
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