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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?
Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?
Approximate author period: c. 1836 AD · industrial
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- William Cullen Bryant
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- Approximate author period: c. 1836 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Ages. xxxiii.
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