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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
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A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
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