Date: 1675
"Please to consult the Steward of your Soul, / And Ruler of your Senses, Your wise Reason."
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Date: 1696
"Condemned to Passions, captivated by 'em--We are the Monarchs o're all other Creatures, yet Anarchy predominates in us."
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Date: 1696
"The Sences in Confederacy raise Rebellion against reason; there now is a Civil War over all this Compound Tabernacle. Pride and Desire disturb the Harmony of Government, endeavouring to undermine the tottering Fabrick, and to hurl all into Chaos and Confusion."
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Date: 1799
Virtue may fix "her dearest throne within [one's] heart"
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