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Date: Tuesday, February 25, 1752
"They whose souls are so chained down to coffers and tenements, that they cannot conceive a state in which they shall look upon them with less solicitude, are seldom attentive or flexible to arguments; but the votaries of fame are capable of reflection, and therefore may be called to reconsider t...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 1752
"The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)