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When the intellect and affections are in harmony when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.

Margaret Fuller

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Margaret Fuller
Age: 40 †
Born: 1810
Born: May 23
Died: 1850
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
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Essayist
Feminist
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sarah Margaret Fuller
Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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