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Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!
Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!
Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- Jane Taylor
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- Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Essays in Rhyme. (On Morals and Manners. Prejudice.) Essay i. Stanza 45.
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