Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means … - William C. Bryant

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To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist.

William C. Bryant

Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn prejudices operate in their greatest force.

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That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,-- Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.

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Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.

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All great poets have been men of great knowledge.

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The mighty Rain Holds the vast empire of the sky alone.

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And kind the voice and glad the eyes That welcome my return at night.

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