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\u201cOur Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nNathaniel Hawthorne<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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