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As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep so you, from the raw stuff of perception, may venture to deduce a universe which transcends the reproductive powers of your loom.

Evelyn Underhill

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Evelyn Underhill
Age: 65 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 6
Died: 1941
Died: June 15
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Perception
Wool
Existence
Probable
Universe
Transcends
Stuff
Prudent
Skein
May
Venture
Logicians
Might
Sheep
Deduce
Powers
Loom
Logic
Reproductive

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