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Rising genius always shoots forth its rays from among clouds and vapours, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady and meridian lustre.
Rising genius always shoots forth its rays from among clouds and vapours, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady and meridian lustre.
Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Washington Irving
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- Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Washington Irving. · page_377
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