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There is no eloquence which does not agitate the soul.

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
Agitate
Eloquence
Doe
Soul

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