"The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows."
"For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, Argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew, From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue."
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Source: Locksley Hall l. 123 (1842)
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