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Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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