Ernest Vincent Wright Wotton

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    I screamed, and—lo!—Infinity
    Came down and settled over me;
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    There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. ‘Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.
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    You common people of the skies,
    What are you when the moon doth rise?
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