The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to Beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense.
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Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, 'Tis mans perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.'
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Fair the soul's recess and shrine,
Magic-built, to last a season,
Masterpiece of love benign!
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The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs.
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