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...bound of smart reproach, Such as an idler deals with in his shame, I to the sport betook myself again. er's cold, For summer's heat exchanged, While I have...lodged in this rough hold, From social life estra un reproved delight. And tendency benign, directing those Who care not, know not, think not what they...

...of smart reproach, Such as an idler deals with in his shame, ; I to the sport betook myself again. A gracious spirit o'er this earth presides, And o'er the heart of man : invisibly It conies, to works of unreproved delight, And tendency benign, directing those i Who care not, know not,...

...of higher uses than those which they are immediately designed to serve. A gracious spirit o'or the earth presides, And o'er the heart of man : invisibly...delight, And tendency benign, directing those Who car* not, know not, think not, what they do. The truth is, that the influence of Literature does in...

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...of higher uses than those which they are immediately designed to serve. A gracious spirit o'er the earth presides, And o'er the heart of man : invisibly...Who care not, know not, think not, what they do. The truth is, that the influence of Literature does in itself tend ,to do good. It wars against the influence...

...encouragement to action is a central agent in the order of social development. "A gracious spirit o'er the earth presides And o'er the heart of man; invisibly...Who care not, know not, think not, what they do." Such is the humblest mission of literature. "Who shall measure the power of that simple emblem—the...

...devoid of higher uses than those which they are immediately designed to serve. A (melons spirit o'er the earth presides, And o'er the heart of man: invisibly It comes, to works of nnreproved delight, And tendency benign, directing those Who care not, know not, think not, what they...

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...purely, for wishing more nobly, perhaps also for resolving more firmly. A gracious spirit o'er the earth presides, And o'er the heart of man : invisibly...those Who care not, know not, think not, what they do 1 Yet the lessons to be learned from Literature have not been received either completely or altogether...