slough of despond , n :
A dreary bog or marsh. (figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness. English writer and preacher John Bunyan, whose 1678 book The Pilgrim's Progress is the source of this term, died on this day in 1688.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
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