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But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine.

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
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Theologian
London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
Blake
Master
Masters
Better
Done
Candle
Sunshine
Holds

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