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Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1804
Born: July 4
Died: 1864
Died: May 18
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Salem
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Hathorne
Monsieur de l'Aubépine
N. H.
Great
Fact
Breathless
Time
Means
Nerve
World
Science
Electricity
Facts
Nerves
Dream
Thousands
Become
Miles
Matter
Greatness
Vibrating
Mean
Point
Dreamt

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