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There is a desire of property in the sanest and best men, which Nature seems to have implanted as conservative of her works, and which is necessary to encourage and keep alive the arts.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
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Property
Best
Necessary
Men
Works
Alive
Sanest
Desire
Implanted
Keep
Encourage
Art
Arts
Nature
Conservative

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