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There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

William Carlos Williams

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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
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Imagination
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