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Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assiduities of art, with which it would rear legitimate dulness to maturity; and to glory in the vigour and luxuriance of her chance productions.

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Washington Irving

Writer, historian and diplomat from the United States

April 3rd, 1783 - November 28th, 1859

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