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The pen, in our age, weighs heavier in the social scale than the sword of a Norman Baron.
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Over the meeting of the lovers I draw a veil. The burst of rapture with which they clasped each other in a wild embrace -- the many inquiries -- the fond regrets and thrilling hopes -- it is out of my power to convey. Let me, therefore, leave them to their happiness.
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George Henry Lewes
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Born:
April 18, 1817
Died:
November 30, 1878
(aged 61)
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