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To bliss unknown my lofty soul aspires,
My lot unequal to my vast desires.

— John Arbuthnot

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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

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I exhort all People, gentle and simple, men, women and children, to buy, to read, to extol, these labours of mine. Let them not fear to defend every article; for I will bear them harmless. I have arguments good store, and can easily confute, either logically, theologically, or metaphysically, all those who oppose me.

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