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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.

Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Henry W. Longfellow
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Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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Recorded source
Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Longfellow. · page_475

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