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My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.

William Godwin

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William Godwin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1756
Born: March 3
Died: 1836
Died: April 7
Journalist
Novelist
Philosopher
Political Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
Train
Bursting
Along
Loathing
Full
Anguish
Mind
Carries
Life
Carrie
Depression
Abhorrence
Passed
Murmuring
Illness
Muttered

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