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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.
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Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
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