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Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.
William Macneile Dixon
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William Macneile Dixon
Age: 79 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1946
Died: January 1
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