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"A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the disc..." — William Wordsworth

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth Poet • English
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