"Nature, that fram'd us of four elements Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous Architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless Spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown."
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Tamburlaine, scene vii, lines 18–29
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Tamburlaine is a history by Christopher Marlowe, based on the life of Timur. It was written in 1587 or 1588.
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