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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
Depart
Acquire
Called
Government
May
Ideas
Come
Bidden

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