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How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tail!

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Alexander Pope
Age: 56 †
Born: 1688
Born: May 21
Died: 1744
Died: May 30
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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.
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