If on thoughts of death we are fed,Thus, a coffin, became my bed.
If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,__f the origin of language is by many philosophers considered nothing short of divine__f by means of words the secrets of the heart are brought to light, pain of soul is relieved, hidden grief is carried off, sympathy conveyed, experience recorded, and wisdom perpetuated,__f by great authors the many are drawn up into unity, national character is fixed, a people speaks, the past and the future, the East and the West are brought into communication with each other,__f such men are, in a word, the spokesmen and the prophets of the human family__t will not answer to make light of Literature or to neglect its study: rather we may be sure that, in proportion as we master it in whatever language, and imbibe its spirit, we shall ourselves become in our own measure the ministers of like benefits to others__e they many or few, be they in the obscurer or the more distinguished walks of life__ho are united to us by social ties, and are within the sphere of our personal influence.
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If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,__f the origin of language is by many philosophers considered nothing short of divine__f by means of words the secrets of the heart are brought to light, pain of soul is relieved, hidden grief is carried off, sympathy conveyed, experience recorded, and wisdom perpetuated,__f by great authors the many are drawn up into unity, national character is fixed, a people speaks, the past and the future, the East and the West are brought into communication with each other,__f such men are, in a word, the spokesmen and the prophets of the human family__t will not answer to make light of Literature or to neglect its study: rather we may be sure that, in proportion as we master it in whatever language, and imbibe its spirit, we shall ourselves become in our own measure the ministers of like benefits to others__e they many or few, be they in the obscurer or the more distinguished walks of life__ho are united to us by social ties, and are within the sphere of our personal influence.
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