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There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations.

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Leigh Hunt
Age: 74 †
Born: 1784
Born: October 19
Died: 1859
Died: August 28
Autobiographer
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Southgate
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James Henry Leigh Hunt
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