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Emily Dickinson Quotes: To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim.
         

To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim.


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This page presents the quote "To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim.". Author of this quote is Emily Dickinson. This quote is about eccentric, presumption, might, bereavement, affliction,.