The Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
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The Sensual and the Dark rebel in vain, Slaves by their own compulsion In mad game They burst their manacles and wear the name Of Freedom, graven on a heavier chain.
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Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.
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He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
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...from the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartley, not only all things in external nature, but the subtlest mysteries of life and organization, and even of the intellect and moral being, were conjured within the magic circle of mathematical formulae.
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