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Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings that in the various bustle of resort were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.
-John Milton
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Wisdom's Self Oft Seeks To Sweet Retired

John Milton
Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings that in the various bustle of resort were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.
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