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Think that is just; ’tis not enough to do, Unless thy very thoughts are upright too.
Think that is just; ’tis not enough to do, Unless thy very thoughts are upright too.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Thomas Randolph (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 600 · printed citation: Thomas Randolph · subject: THOUGHT
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