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The Young Disease, That Must Subdue At Length, Grows With His Growth, And Strengthens With His Strength.
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The young disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Man, Epistle ii, Line 135
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