Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the v…

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Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. ✨ Joseph Addison (1808). The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison: Collated with the Best Editions, p.38
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Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. ✨ Joseph Addison (1808). The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison: Collated with the Best Editions, p.38

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