It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to …

Joseph Addison
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It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. ✨ Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1854). The Spectator, p.306
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