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Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath look'd on no religion scornfully That men did ever find.

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Power
Unseen
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Hath
Ever
Whose
Look
Mankind
Looks
Forever
Children
Religious
Scornfully
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Eye
Accompany
Religion
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