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"Scottish"
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Work title:
"The Patriots, A Satyr, Written on the 12th of October 1734"
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Literary Period:
"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Date: 1734
"Conscience, forsook of Reason's Use, / Knows neither how to judge, nor choose: / For Reason and Self-Interest / Must always keep a closs Contest, / And Conscience still from Wall to Wall / Is bandy'd like a Tennis-Ball"
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