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There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.
William Godwin
William Godwin
William Godwin
Born: Mar 3, 1756
Died: Apr 7, 1836

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Witness, Imagination, Apprehend, Thousand, Must, Conceive, Powers, Exercise, Which, Room, Actually, Things

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