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A vast deal of human sympathy runs along the electric line of needlework, stretching from the throne to the wicker chair of the humble seamstress.

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.
Line
Chair
Along
Employment
Deal
Chairs
Wicker
Deals
Electric
Seamstress
Lines
Runs
Needlework
Running
Sympathy
Throne
Human
Vast
Stretching
Humans
Humble
Thrones

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