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"War"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Genre:
"Prose"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Religion of Author:
"Anglican with Enthusiastic or Evangelical Tendencies"
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Literary Period:
"Age of Sensibility"
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"Early Modern"
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Date: 1759
"For genius may be compared to the natural strength of the body; learning to the superinduced accoutrements of arms: if the first is equal to the proposed exploit, the latter rather encumbers, than assists; rather retards, than promotes, the victory."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1797
"The impression becomes deeper; not in consequence of being reinforced by fresh arguments, but merely by dint of having longer rested in the mind; and as they [doubts] increase in force, they creep on and extend themselves. At length they diffuse themselves over the whole of Religion, and possess...
preview | full record— Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)