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I earn the magic of words by writing.I learn the myth of worlds by imagining. This is a quote from Sir Walter Scott, the Scottish writer who led the movement to revive interest in Scottish literature. Sir Walter was a novelist and poet. He is best known for his historical fiction, especially Ivanhoe, a novel about the War of Scottish Independence. Sir Walter Scott was also a poet and wrote many works on philosophy and religion.
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