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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Source: DRAMATISTS

Though man a thinking being is defined,
Few use the grand prerogative of mind.
How few think justly of the thinking few!
How many never think, who think they do!

Source: Prejudice, or, Essay on Morals and Manners, st. 45, in Original Poems for Infant Minds, 1804.
-- Ann (and Jane) Taylor, (Jun 30 1782-1866), English children's author, poet; She wrote, with sister Jane, Original Poems for Infant Minds, 1804.


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