The better reason,[226:1] to perplex and dash
Maturest counsels.
Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 112.
Th' ethereal mould
Incapable of stain would soon expel
Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire,
Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.[226:2]
Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 139.
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