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She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

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Lewis Carroll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1832
Born: January 27
Died: 1898
Died: January 14
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Cheshire
Charles Dodgson
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
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