"How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun!"

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Source: 'Love of Fame: The Universal Passion' (1725-8) Satire 7, l. 97.

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Edward Young

Poet, Playwright

Edward Young was an English poet known for his reflective work 'Night Thoughts', which explores themes of mortality and the human experience.

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