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This dull river has a deep religion of its own so, let us trust, has the dullest human soul, though, perhaps, unconsciously.

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.
Human
Dull
Humans
Rivers
Deep
Perhaps
Trust
Though
Dullest
Religion
Unconsciously
Soul
River

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