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I would rather dwell in the dim fog of superstition than in air rarefied to nothing by the air-pump of unbelief-in which the panting breast expires, vainly and convulsively gasping for breath.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
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Unbelief
Rarefied
Air
Fog
Expires
Rather
Superstition
Panting
Nothing
Breast
Gasping
Would
Dwell
Vainly
Superstitions
Pump
Breasts
Pumps
Breath
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