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"In records that defy the tooth of time."
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Edward YoungAnd all may do what has by man been done. — Edward Young
"And all may do what has by man been done."
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Edward Young was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke, among many others, and at the end of the century was illustrated by William Blake.
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"Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen’d to the sun."
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"The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear."
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"The man that makes a character makes foes."
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"Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener changd their principles than shirt."
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"On reason build resolve, that column of true majesty in man."
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