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I Secretly Assumed, As Poets Do, The Duty On Me To Define The Moon.
-Jorge Luis Borges
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I Secretly Assumed, As Poets Do, The
Jorge Luis Borges
I Secretly Assumed, As Poets Do, The Duty On Me To Define The Moon.
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