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Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps;
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Each man makes his own stature, builds himself.
Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids;
Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
Edward Young
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Edward Young
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Born:
1683
Died:
April 5, 1765
(aged 82)
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