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Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
Poet
Writer
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Ai-mi-li Ti-chin-sen
Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Wealth
Interiors
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Diamond
Adversity
Prosperity
Soon
Whose
Overtake
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Interior

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