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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
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Graphic Artist
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London
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Uil'iam Bleik
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