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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1804
Born: July 4
Died: 1864
Died: May 18
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Massachusetts
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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