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We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Dorchester
Dorset
Eyes
Within
Whatever
Eye
Mould
Colour
According
Wants
Bring

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