Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.…

Alexander Pope
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. ✨ Letter to Edward Blount, 27 August 1714, in George Sherburn (ed.) 'The Correspondence of Alexander Pope' (1956) vol. 1, p. 247
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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. ✨ Letter to Edward Blount, 27 August 1714, in George Sherburn (ed.) 'The Correspondence of Alexander Pope' (1956) vol. 1, p. 247

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