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Life and the Universe show spontaneityDown with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mistsTruth must be sought with the Positivists.
Mortimer Collins
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Mortimer Collins
Age: 49 †
Born: 1827
Born: January 1
Died: 1876
Died: January 1
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Plymouth (parish)
Edward James Mortimer Collins
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.
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O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.
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Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure.
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