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As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Marianne Moore

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
Poet
Translator
Writer
Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
Exists
Congruence
Question
Butterflies
Upon
Complement
Attending
Conceive
Butterfly
Hardly
Vain

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that which is impossible to force, it is impossible to hinder.
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