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A Falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their seats.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
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So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
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And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
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