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Psychology, which explains everything, Explains nothing, And we are still in doubt.

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
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Kirkwood
Missouri
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Marianne Craig Moore
Nothing
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Psychology
Doubt
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