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"3 InvisibleSun 08:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)"
"4 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Though I prefer most of the Marvell lines suggested for this day generally, this fits in well with the previous QOTD — but I would extend this to include some of his further statements in this same paragraph — to further indicate that he himself was arguing against such lack of "method" : "So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for success, but merely being willing to risk the experiment of finding whether the truth they seek lies there. … I do not deny that sometimes in these wanderings they are lucky enough to find something true. But I do not allow that this argues greater industry on their part, but only better luck." -->"
"3 InvisibleSun 22:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)"
"1 Zarbon 04:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC) -->"
"3 Zarbon 03:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)"
"4 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) I am surprised this hasn't been used, but would precede it with the famous Latin version: Cogito ergo sum"
"3 InvisibleSun 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC) -->"
"4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC) 3 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4 but now would prefer to extend this to more of the poem:"
"Comment: Favoring the extension. - InvisibleSun 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC) -->"
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:45, 25 March 2012 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4."
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:03, 27 March 2014 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4. but would extend this to read:"
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:55, 30 March 2019 (UTC) 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:17, 30 March 2015 (UTC) with a lean toward 4. -->"
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 30 March 2020 (UTC) 3 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)"
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:11, 31 March 2023 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4."
"2 InvisibleSun 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC) -->"
"4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:52, 30 March 2025 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) (and even then be cautious.) with a lean toward 4."
"3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4."
"3 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4, but would prefer to extend it at least thus:"
"Comment: Favoring the shorter extension. - InvisibleSun 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC)"
"3 (from "But at my back I always hear" to "But none I think do there embrace.") DanielTom (talk) 01:26, 26 March 2013 (UTC)"
"3 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC) I had been hoping to use this soon, but would opt for the Descartes line at this time. Strong lean toward a 4, but would prefer to extend this to at least include the preceding stanza:"
"3 Kalki 21:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4."
"2 Zarbon 04:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)"
"1 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) I have some sympathies with the sentiment, but not the conclusion."
"1 InvisibleSun 21:35, 30 March 2009 (UTC)"
"2 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)"
"1 (not original thought) DanielTom (talk) 01:29, 26 March 2013 (UTC)"
"4 Zarbon 03:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)"
"1 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) though I can agree with the intentions of this statement, I always am inclined to object to mere intelligence being equated with greatness — without other virtues it is never that at all."
"2 Zarbon 03:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)"
"3 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4."
"2 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) truth, but not entirely well expressed in this form."
"2 Kalki 00:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC) with a very slight lean toward 3."
"3 DanielTom (talk) 11:10, 5 November 2014 (UTC)"
"1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:30, 30 March 2015 (UTC) with a slight lean towards 2."