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And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.
William Cowper
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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Hertfordshire
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Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for spirit, strength, The scorn of danger, and united hearts, The surest presage of the good they seek.
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How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.
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We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.
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