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Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day.

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.
Men
Await
Time
Follies
Doom
Folly
Favorite
Close
Young
Would

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