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3 John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot Quotes on Nature

John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot quotes on nature

  1. See the kind seed-receiving earth To every grain affords a birth: On her no showers unwelcome fall, Her willing womb retains 'em all, And shall my Caelia be confined? No, live up to thy mighty mind, And be the mistress of Mankind!

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  2. Were I, who to my Cost already am One of those strange, prodigious Creatures Man, A Spirit free, to choose for my own Share, What sort of Flesh and Blood I pleas'd to wear, I'd be a Dog, a Monkey, or a Bear, Or any thing, but that vain Animal, Who is so proud of being Rational.

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  3. Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind, Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind.

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