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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Quotes: Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.
         

Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.


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