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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Thomas Young
Born: June 13, 1773
Died: May 10, 1829 (aged 55)
Bio: Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.
Known for:
- An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798)
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