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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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All evil is like a nightmare the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone.
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