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Black chaos comes, and the fettered gods of the earth say, Let there be light.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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Screenwriter
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Dorchester
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Light
Earth
Fettered
Gods
Chaos
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Comes

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