"Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!"
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"Prejudice", stanza 45, in Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners (London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816), p. 36.
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Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor (September 23, 1783 β April 13, 1824) was an English poet and novelist. Her sister was Ann Taylor.
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