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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Hastening
Viewing
Contempt
Toward
World

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