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With regard to ghosts, while we have never believed in them, we have always been afraid of them.

With regard to ghosts, while we have never believed in them, we have always been afraid of them.

Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern

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Don Marquis
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Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Don Marquis: life dates 1878 to 1937. Wikidata Q321378, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321378 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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