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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 The Chambered nautilus.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06631.06 Author/Creator: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 18 May 1891 Pagination: 1 p. + engraving 27.9 x 21.7 cm Order a Copy

The last seven lines of his poem on immortality.

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