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What is fame? an empty bubble;
Gold? a transient, shining trouble.


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Knock off the chains
Of heart-debasing slavery; give to man,
Of every colour and of every clime,
Freedom, which stamps him image of his God.


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Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
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James Grainger

James Grainger

Born: 1721
Died: 1766 (aged 45)
Bio: James Grainger Scottish doctor, poet and translator, is well-known figure in 18th-century English literature. Grainger graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1753. He is best known for his poem "Sugar-Cane". He lived in St.
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