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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.
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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
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But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!
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