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Analysis is carried into everything. Even Deity is subjected to chemical tests.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Deities
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Chemicals
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Analysis
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Everything
Subjected
Even
Deity
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