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Nature alone can speak to our intelligence an imperishable language, never changing, because it remains within the bounds of eternal truth and of what is absolutely noble and beautiful.
Nature alone can speak to our intelligence an imperishable language, never changing, because it remains within the bounds of eternal truth and of what is absolutely noble and beautiful.
Approximate author period: c. 1840 AD · industrial
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- George Sand
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- Approximate author period: c. 1840 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for George Sand: life dates 1804 to 1876. Wikidata Q3816, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3816 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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