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George Eliot Quotes: Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.
         

Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.


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