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We have great power to see the truth when the truth is all we wish to see but what is easier than to credit what we desire? and can a man deceive anyone so easily as himself?

James Vila Blake

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James Vila Blake
Age: 83 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 21
Died: 1925
Died: April 28
Author
Poet
Brooklyn
New York
Desire
Truth
Deceive
Power
Deceiving
Great
Easily
Men
Credit
Easier
Anyone
Wish

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