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Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.

John Gay

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John Gay
Age: 47 †
Born: 1685
Born: June 30
Died: 1732
Died: December 4
Librettist
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Poet
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Barnstaple
Devon
Seek
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Ignorance
Eternal
Resign
Rest
Providence
Virtue
Ill
Shall
Dare
Good
Eternity

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