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In the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the earth we tread on, Life is every where. Nature lives: every pore is bursting with Life every death is only a new birth, every grave a cradle.

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Earth
Breathe
Every
Air
Life
Birth
Pore
Drink
Tread
Water
Bursting
Lives
Cradle
Death
Grave
Nature
Graves

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