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VGW(PA.739.024
2-9 Mar 1739:11, 12, 21 (136)
From the London Journal. Know Thyself. I have known men of
good sense wonder why the antient laid such stress on maxims
seemingly self evident; for instance, know thyself. . . [5
paragraphs discuss this idea]
A set of gay young fellows, with a good supper in their
bellies, and the fifth bottle upon the table, hear with
rapture some harmonious high priest of the God of wine,
chant out,
While grim death is looking for us,
We're carousing o'er our bowls,
Jolly Bacchus in the chorus;
Death begone---here's none but souls.
[3 more paragraphs are followed by] In short, more wisdom
cannot well be crowded into less room than this precept,
know thyself. R. Freeman.
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