4th Earl of Minto

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    I never saw youe madam laye aparte
    Your cornet black, in colde nor yet in heate,
    Sythe first ye knew of my desire so greate,
    Which other fances chac’d cleane from my harte.
    Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)

    An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.
    —William Minto (1845–1893)