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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

John Keats

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John Keats
Age: 25 †
Born: 1795
Born: October 31
Died: 1821
Died: February 23
Judge-Rapporteur
Physician
Poet
Nothing
Certainty
Heart
Affection
Imagination
Belief
Lying
Inspirational
Truth
Affections
Certain
Holiness

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