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Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.

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Jonathan Swift
Age: 77 †
Born: 1667
Born: November 30
Died: 1745
Died: October 19
Essayist
Human Rights Activist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Pamphleteer
Philosopher
Poet
Priest
Prosaist
Public Figure
Dublin city
Isaac Bickerstaff
M. B. Drapier
Lemuel Gulliver
Simon Wagstaff
Vision
Seeing
Invisibility
Inspirational
Encouragement
Art
Appreciation
Things
Invisible
Leadership
Teacher

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