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Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

Kenneth Grahame

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Kenneth Grahame
Age: 73 †
Born: 1859
Born: March 8
Died: 1932
Died: July 6
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Earth
Air
Littles
Spring
Little
Divine
Even
Dark
Moving
Penetrating
House
Lowly
Spirit
Discontent
Around
Longing

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