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By viewing nature, nature's handmaid art, Makes mighty things from small beginnings grow: Thus fishes first to shipping did impart, Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow.

John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
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Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
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Mighty
Rudder
Nature
Fishes
Rudders
Firsts
Thus
Shipping
First
Grow
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Head
Impart
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Beginnings
Prow
Small
Tail
Handmaid
Makes
Tails
Handmaids

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