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"But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire."

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Great men have been among us; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none

— William Wordsworth

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The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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