Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith …

Charles Caleb Colton
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Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness. ✨ Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). L.P., p.421
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Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness. ✨ Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). L.P., p.421

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