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" Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. "
Alexander Pope
Nature
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Rattle
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" All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. "
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" Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. "
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" Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. "
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Painful
" The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. "
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Still
Passion
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See
Mercy
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Someone
Oppressed
" And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. "
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Too
Heard
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Narrow
Art
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Stronger
" Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place. "
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Place
Get
Possible
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Head
Read
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Pride
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" The world forgetting, by the world forgot. "
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World
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Writing
Art
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