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But beyond the bright searchlights of science, Out of sight of the windows of sense, Old riddles still bid us defiance, Old questions of Why and of Whence.
William Cecil Dampier
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William Cecil Dampier
Age: 84 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 27
Died: 1952
Died: December 11
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Inner and Outer London
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