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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Edgar Allan Poe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1809 to 1849; Wikidata Q16867, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16867 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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