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"Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the field of air."
Erasmus Darwin / The Botanic Garden. Part i. Canto i. Line 289.

The Botanic Garden. Part i. Canto i. Line 289.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes."
Erasmus Darwin / The Botanic Garden. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 459.

The Botanic Garden. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 459.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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