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Thy patient spirit to thy duties give;
Regard the dead, but to the living live[43].
NOTES TO LETTER II.
[39] Note 1, page 296, lines 55 and 56.
In three short hours shall thy presuming hand
Th' effect of three slow centuries command?
If it should be objected, that centuries are not slower than hours, because the speed of time must be uniform, I would answer, that I understand so much, and mean that they are slower in no other sense, than because they are not finished so soon.
[40] Note 2, page 296, line 68.
Can the small germ upon the substance view.