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There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.

There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.

Approximate author period: c. 1879 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Bram Stoker
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1879 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1847 to 1912; Wikidata Q36184, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36184 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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