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The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?
Check disease in its approach.
Check disease in its approach.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
