True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the…

Alexander Pope
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit. ✨ Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published, p.120
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