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No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained, it ceases to be a wonder.

No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained, it ceases to be a wonder.

Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial

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Leigh Hunt
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Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Leigh Hunt. · page_307

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