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Quote by William Blake
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars:

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. – William Blake

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure. – William Blake

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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. – William Blake

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