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For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Evelyn Underhill

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Evelyn Underhill
Age: 65 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 6
Died: 1941
Died: June 15
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Thousand
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Attention
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Loveliness

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