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Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.
Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.
Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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- Lord Byron
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- Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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