Quote#Science & Reason
I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's
Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 10, lines 20-21 The Words of Los.
English (original)
I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's; I will not Reason and Compare: my business is to Create.
— William Blake
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