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An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
Born: 1636
Died: Oct 10, 1674

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Soul, Book, Mind, Nothing, All Things, Written, Like, Empty, Infant, May, Wonders, Anything, Which, Capable, Fill, Things, Profitable

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