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"Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another."
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Joseph AddisonEternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! — Joseph Addison
"Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!"
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Joseph Addison was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century. Addison is also famous for his play Cato, a Tragedy, writte
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"If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is."
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"Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul: I think the Romans call it Stoicism."
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"So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late oer pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleasd th Almightys orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm."
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"O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate, And not the wonders of thy youth relate; How can I see the gay, the brave, the young, Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung! In joys of conquest he resigns his breath, And, filled with Englands glory, smiles in death."
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"The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure; Ours has severest virtue for its basis, And such a friendship ends not but with life."
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