An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
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Sleep is cousin German unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.
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Thomas Traherne (16)
Birth: | 1636 |
Death: | 27th September, 1674 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Clergyman, Poet, Theologian, Writer |
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Thomas Traherne was an English poet, clergyman, theologian, and religious writer. Little information is known about his life. The intense, scholarly spirituality in his writings led to his being commemorated by the Anglican Church on 10 October.
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