Monday, May 13, 2024

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 When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights,

When most intent on making of herself
A prime Enchantress—to assist the work
Which then was going forward in her name!
...
Were called upon to exercise their skill,
Not in Utopia, subterranean fields,
Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world, which is the world
Of all of us,—the place where in the end
We find our happiness, or not at all!

--Wordsworth, The French Revolution as It Appeared to Enthusiasts at Its Commencement

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