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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Deity
Deities
August
Wonderful
Rich
Poor
Complicate
Nothing
Midway
Men
Abject

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