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VOLTAIRE.
Who ne'er with labour freshens failing zest;Nature no favours will unbought bestow—Spontaneous harvests spring not here below."


To the general rule of "Moderation" he, however, makes afterwards one happy exception:—

"Divinest Friendship! perfect happiness!
The one emotion that can bear excess."

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